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Published on April 15, 2025 - Page 1
Weis Markets gets tax break
BLOOMSBURG -- The county, town and school district will have to pay Weis Markets tax overpayments as part of a settlement reached last month. The...
Published on April 15, 2025 - Page 1
Line work may be regulated in town
BLOOMSBURG -- Utility company contractors who come through town and dig up yards may soon be held accountable for damage left behind. The town's...
Published on April 13, 2025 - Page 1
Spending ‘eggs’-tra on hunts
ESPY -- For the first time in its history, eggs collected during the Espy Fire Company egg hunt won't be usable for egg salad. Facing a bill of up to...
Published on April 12, 2025 - Page 1
Policing at schools in doubt
BUCKHORN -- Supervisors here will not submit a proposal to continue providing police services for the Millville Area School District. However, that...
Published on April 11, 2025 - Page 1
Appeal filed in $3.9M CU firing verdict
HARRISBURG -- An hour after the governing board of the State System of Higher Education met Thursday, an appeal was filed on its behalf seeking to...
Published on April 11, 2025 - Page 5
‘Interim’ chancellor officially hired
HARRISBURG -- The State System of Higher Education removed "Interim" from Chancellor Christopher Fiorentino 's title Thursday during a meeting that...
Published on April 10, 2025 - Page 1
App translates trash to treasure
BLOOMSBURG -- Folks collecting trash along streams and in parks can join in a friendly competition -- and possibly win a monthly prize. The Columbia-...
Published on April 9, 2025 - Page 1
Boot high prices, drivers plead
BLOOMSBURG -- In 2022, Kathy Arner and a dozen other people leaving a church concert downtown found their vehicles had been immobilized by a device...
Published on April 8, 2025 - Page 1
Townhouses eyed on old site
BLOOMSBURG -- An abandoned nursing home built by a country music star 40 years ago may soon be demolished to make way for affordable housing....
Published on April 6, 2025 - Page 1
Water worries are spreading
LIGHTSTREET -- South Centre Township residents are worried they will find out their water has been contaminated, a supervisor there told the Columbia...

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Published on March 20, 2025 - Page 1
Suspect charged in vehicle break-ins
BLOOMSBURG -- Town Police chased down a man Wednesday morning they say has been breaking into vehicles with bricks and rocks to steal purses, cash...
Published on March 21, 2025 - Page 1
Mail-in vote errors targeted
BLOOMSBURG -- County election workers hope to reject fewer ballots in the upcoming election by educating senior citizens on how to properly complete...
Published on March 23, 2025 - Page 1
Building’s structure a concern
BLOOMSBURG -- The Social Security Administration's Bloomsburg office will remain closed for at least several months, the agency said Monday. The...
Published on March 24, 2025 - Page 1
Project turns trash to treasure
BLOOMSBURG -- Rusting metal, tires immersed in mud and other junk hauled from area streams may end up in local parks to bring attention to what gets...
Published on March 24, 2025 - Page 1
Court funds cause confusion
LIGHTSTREET -- Columbia County commissioners said Thursday they are willing to give Bloomsburg some money to build a pickleball complex -- but not...